I always like to think of the audience when I am directing. Because I am the audience.
Steven SpielbergThere is something about killing people at close range that is excruciating. It's bound to try a man's soul.
Steven SpielbergIt all starts with the script: it's not worth taking myself away from my family if I don't have something I'm really passionate about.
Steven SpielbergThe only time I have a good hunch the audience is going to be there is when I make the sequel to 'Jurassic Park' or I make another Indiana Jones movie. I know I've got a good shot at getting an audience on opening night. Everything else that is striking out into new territory is a crap shoot.
Steven SpielbergI think the secret of great acting is that you have to bring your imagination to the party. You have to have a great imagination and you have to bring it every day when you're working. Your imagination and your skills as an actor are what see you through, not what you're wearing or where you are.
Steven Spielberg